Richard Cockerill, the Director of Rugby of the Aviva Premiership Rugby Union club the Leicester Tigers is hopeful that flanker Tom Croft will return from injury within a month. Croft has been out of action for quite some time and has missed the England national team’s summer tour of South Africa as well as The Tigers’ opening six games at the start of the new season of the Aviva Premiership after suffering a neck injury in late April.
Speaking to BBC Radio Leicester, Cockerill told that his player has had some repeat scans to ascertain how his vertebrae is healing and added that if the results come out says positive as the medical staff of the club expect, he can start light training and could be in line to return to action within the next three to four weeks. The Leicester Tigers have started the new season of the Premiership strongly and as always, are already being touted as potential playoff favorites as well as the favorites to life the trophy at the end of the season and with several key players returning from injury, the team is expecting to go on a strong run.
If he is given the all clear by the medical staff of the club, Croft could be in line to making his first match of the season against Gloucester Rugby on the 27th of October. However, it is expected that the autumn internationals for the England national team against Fiji that start on the10th of November will come too soon for him to feature.
The Leicester Tigers take on the French side Toulouse in the Heineken Cup this weekend and Cockerill is hopeful that the club will do well on the European front as well, now that most of his key players are back in the side.